Press Release
Atambayev against Karimov!
(Translated)

The 24 kg news website published on 6/7/2014 that tens of thousands of those living in the city of Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, do not have gas to cover their basic needs since April 2014. This crisis experienced by the people of Kyrgyzstan is due to the strained relations between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan as a result of Kyrgyzstan selling Kyrgyzgaz company to the Russian gas company Gazprom, on the tenth of April 2014 for only one dollar! And as a response to that, the Uzbek authorities stopped the gas supply to the city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan and flatly refused to renew the gas supply to them!

The sales contract for the Russian company is valid for 25 years, and the contract stipulates that after it ends, Kyrgyzstan will retrieve the Gas company but in accordance with the company's market value in its history, which could be worth millions or perhaps billions of dollars, and as part of the terms of the contract that Russia should commit to secure Gas to Kyrgyzstan throughout the duration of the contract; but Russia did not adhere to the agreement and did not fulfill its promise, over two months have passed since the deal was conducted and Kyrgyzstan did not receive any Gas which lead to its distress due to the absence of gas!

On the other hand, the CI News agency reported that Vice Prime Minister on Security Issues Abdyrakhman Mamataliev during his visit to the area of Osh Heights Kurgan and after having listened to the experts came to the conclusion that places where the water congregates should be closed to the main Namangan channel under the pretext of conducting repairs there! Kyrgyzstan has previously used the method of closing water channels in the year 2010 in response to Kazakhstan's closure of its border with Kyrgyzstan for two weeks, so following this, it closed the Kirov water reservoir, and as a result of the closure of the Kirov reservoir, Kazakhstan was forced to open its borders the second day... The main Namangan channel which passes from Namangan to Baba is considered an important water supply for the Ferghana Valley and has a length of 135 km and it provides Uzbekistan with 30 cubic meters of water per second.

Regarding this matter, Kyrgyzstan President Atambaev announced in his speech about the deal with the Gazprom company, saying, "The gas supplies to Kyrgyzstan has been transferred from an untrustworthy partner, i.e. Tashkent, to a trustworthy partner which is Moscow, therefore, it is necessary to wait a little with regards to the gas supplies". But this trustworthy partner, Moscow, cannot agree with Tashkent. And it is clear that Tashkent did not like at all the change of the owner of the Kyrgyz gas company which led to stopping the gas supplied to Kyrgyzstan. Prompting in turn Bishkek to stop the water supplies from Uzbekistan as a pressure to resume Kyrgyzstan's gas supplies.

Thus, the Muslims in Central Asia are the ones who will pay the price for this deal and this heated dispute, the people of Kyrgyzstan therefore suffer due to lack of gas, and the people of Uzbekistan are suffering because of the lack of water resources!.

The plots of the Colonialist Kuffar in our lands have prolonged and increased Wala Hawla Wala Quwatta illa Billah. We wonder, for how long this situation of weakness, humiliation and the gathering of the nations against us last?!

Oh Muslims!

Political awareness of what is being plotted against the Islamic Ummah of criminal conspiracies is the first step to get rid of these successive crises that fall on our heads, but awareness by itself is not enough! Nevertheless, hard work with utmost energy and speed is necessary to establish the Khilafah "Caliphate" that will protect the interests of the people and prevent the futility of the corrupt and the colonist Kuffar with the energies and the resources of the Ummah... The Khilafah "Caliphate" is the shield of the Ummah, with it, the shackled of the colonists will be broken and destroyed, and with it, the influence of the greedy ones will be eliminated...

Oh Muslims!

We in Hizb ut Tahrir call unto you to work with us to resume the Islamic way of life through establishing the Second Righteous Khilafah "Caliphate" State on the method of Prophethood, so that our Ummah returns to its past state as impervious, strong, safe and secure, thus, the earth brings out its goods and its people enjoy its resources, and that is not difficult on Allah (swt)...

Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir